ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition and the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition GPU MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip AD104-250-A1
Pascal Architecture Ada Lovelace
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
2560 Shader 5888
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G is 1.920 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.920 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 2.490 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G is 307 mm long, 125 mm high and 46 mm wide.

267 mm Length 307 mm
111 mm Height 125 mm
39 mm Width 46 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 988 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G was introduced in Q3/2023 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

ZT-P10800A-10P Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2023
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
131 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING SLIM 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
125 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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